Out riding across the mountains of Cebu a few days back and saw one of these bikes ... -- The real bike here with battle scars That's a frame! Battle scar with a mini-slider added?
Do they know what your husky is when they see it? There are so many manufacturers bikes there and it seems they are all cheaper (i get the cheap transportation thing). Just wondering if the husky name means anything there. There was one race you had posted where there was a big manufacturer there, ktm if i remember right. So they do come across some bikes that we see often
First, I gotta retract that link off page 1 ... Wrong web site ... Its an interesting link but goes back to England ... It linked to some Harris built high-speed bikes.. Huskies are known here by some of the MX racers and some of the real trail riders because the bikes were here yrs back I guess or via the net... So it has ~value... But the average guy in the mountains just sees a big cool bike bouncing along at speed... KTM had a racing presence here once but I'm not sure exactly what and if it still exists now ... Husky was said to have a team in Manila now but not sure what that is about since I sort of dropped out of the racing scene ... I should follow up on it anyway ... There are tons of small 100-155cc bikes here. Apparently, bikes of this size is where the japan companies make the bulk of their sales numbers. A 125cc 4t bike can pull alot of weight in 1st, 2nd gears and that is needed here. They have the bike-sales model for here well under control. This is big bike, not an underbone as so popular here so a little different niche rider here or wallet size... Probably a china bike here and probably priced right at ~1K... Honda is probably ok with its supply line selling a few piston and ring sets and what ever else for these bikes ..
Smaller cc's are great on gas mileage too. The cheaper the daily rider is good too. I could ride all day with my Suzuki ts185. I miss that bike when gas was $5 a gallon.
